Good morning!My husband and I are thinking about investing in a 16 unit apartment building (split into 2 buildings).  The only other multi family we have now is a duplex.  This unit is 30 minutes from our home.  We wi...

Greetings, BiggerPockets! I am about to run off to class but wanted to take a moment to say I am excited about my joining BiggerPockets and welcome all constructive criticism, advice, comments, and questions. I am esp...

Can someone really delve into cap rates, and NOI and how they’re related? I understand the concept but I feel like I’m overthinking it, and I was told by another investor that if you know the cap rate it can help anal...

Hi everyone, I am specifically looking for MFRs here in Birmingham, AL for my first investment property. I plan on living in one of the units. A quad would be ideal. An issue I keep coming across is the fact that most...

While I can't speak for all 'investor friendly' Real Estate brokers/agents I can shed some light into what I consider a real estate professional specialized in working with investors.
Investors are a unique breed. Th...

Not sure if this is the right place but here goes.

Four years ago I built two high end (for my area) Duplexes from the ground up. 3 Bed, 2 BA, Garage, All Brick, Hardwood, Tile, Whirlpool tub, all appliances.

Apprai...

When interviewing prospective short term rental cleaning services, what kind of questions should we be asking and what's important to look for when evaluating a new company?

I have searched BP forums in a few ways to see what the chatter is about Puerto Rico and the posts that pop up are old. Very surprising. I understand that PR is kind of USA territory but kind of not - which will under...

I just got tenants out of an aggravating single family I've had for 4 years and fixed it up to sell.   I should net 200K off of this sale.  Property was only netting me $636 a month after all expenses but my interest ...

Although I'm not a big fan of using the Capitalization (Cap) Rate to analyze a property, it is a number used by many investors as a quick one-dimensional metric.  It is also one that is more commonly used in the comme...